You never know who would match to. My closest match was to a 2nd cousin of
my dad's, *plus* her daughter, and *her* daughter--three generations of
data! That line had been a family secret to them until a few months
earlier. I was able to provide a lot of information to them. The
granddaughter shared data, but once I asked the others to share, they all
pulled their data and I haven't heard from them since. That's the
frustrating part about all of this. Too many "researchers" out there will
not share.
-Michael
> I think I will do 23andme if I decide to do it. I know most of my mother's
> =
> paternal line=2C but her mother was adopted. She was lucky enough to have
> s=
> omeone at a records office leave her adoption records out where she could
> p=
> eek at them=2C so I do have names and a partial ancestry. But=2C if I
> could=
> get more information on that part of the line=2C it would be nice.
>
> Besides=2C I am just curious as well.
>
> Thanks for the information!
>
> ----------------------------------------
>> Date: Fri=2C 13 Sep 2013 20:12:51 -0600
>> From: ancestr2_at_host187.hostmonster.com
>> To: undisclosed.recipients_at_johncooley.net
>> Subject: Re: Female DNA Test Recommendations
>>
>> Hi Cynthia=2C
>>
>> You need to define your objectives. Are you most interested in finding
>> relatives=2C in discovering something about specific ancestors=2C or
>> lear=
> n
>> something about deep=2C ancestral origins?
>>
>> Mitochondrial DNA will tell you something only about your mother-line=2C
>> just as you dad's Y-test told you something about your father-line. The
>> full mtDNA test through ftdna can show the uniqueness of your line over
>> the last five generations. Their $49 mtDNA test will match you to far
>> too
>> many people to be that helpful.
>>
>> The Family Finder samples your autosomes--those chromosome that are not
>> sex chromosomes (X and Y). Unlike the Y and mtDNA=2C it doesn't have a
>> specific pattern of inheritance. Instead=2C your autosomes are a mixed
>> ba=
> g
>> of 50% of your mom's autosomes and 50% of your dad's autosomes. Your
>> siblings inherited a different combination. The test might find a match
>> between you and a third cousin but a sister's test might not have the
>> sam=
> e
>> match. In other words=2C it's a gamble. For example=2C you know that
>> your
>> dad's Y came from his dad's=2C dad's dad's dad=2C etc. My Y came from
>> Joh=
> n
>> Cooley. That's a given. No such prediction of descent exists for the
>> autosomes. I=2C for example=2C match to no Cooleys at both 23andMe and
>> ft=
> dna.
>> To understand why you match to another person=2C you have to know the
>> genealogy already.
>>
>> FTDNA's Family Finder tests only autosomes. 23andMe tests autosomes=2C
>> th=
> e X
>> and mtDNA (plus the Y for males). They also provide the results of tests
>> on medical markers. I have three times the number of matches at 23andMe
>> than I do at FTDNA. So=2C if you want a "starter" test at good prices=2C
>> =
> my
>> personal recommendation is to go with 23andMe. You can later transfer
>> the
>> results to ftdna (for a price!). I don't think you can transfer the
>> other
>> way. And (as many of you know)=2C I personally *never* recommend
>> Ancestry.com for anything at all.
>>
>> -Michael
>>
>>> I'm going to buy myself a belated birthday gift! I want to do the MtDNA
>>> tes=3D
>>> ting or Family Finder=3D2C but I am not sure which to go with and
>>> throug=
> h
>>> whi=3D
>>> ch company.
>>> Does anyone have opinions about the best company to work with?
>>> Hopefully
>>> wi=3D
>>> th he most "active" participants (i.e. people who actually upload their
>>> .ge=3D
>>> d files and such).
>>> My father's Y-DNA was done through FTDNA and I uploaded it to
>>> Ancestry.com=3D
>>> =3D2C so I am familiar with both of their systems. I haven't done
>>> anythi=
> ng
>>> wi=3D
>>> th 23andme.
>>> Any help is appreciated!
>>> Thanks :) =3D
>>>
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>>
>>
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>> Administrator=2C the Akins DNA Project
>> Administrator=2C the Ashenhurst DNA Project
>> Administrator=2C the Bishop DNA Project
>> Administrator=2C the Eldridge DNA Project
>> Administrator=2C the alt-McDowell DNA Project
>> Co-Administrator=2C the Cooley DNA Project
>> Co-Administrator=2C the McDougall DNA Project
>> Instructor "Genealogy and Family History=2C" the Osher Lifelong Learning
>> Institute (OLLI)
>> B.A. Humboldt State University=2C History
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Administrator, the Akins DNA Project
Administrator, the Ashenhurst DNA Project
Administrator, the Bishop DNA Project
Administrator, the Eldridge DNA Project
Administrator, the alt-McDowell DNA Project
Co-Administrator, the Cooley DNA Project
Co-Administrator, the McDougall DNA Project
Instructor "Genealogy and Family History," the Osher Lifelong Learning
Institute (OLLI)
B.A. Humboldt State University, History
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